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Jacob Marinas

3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016MARI14

Jacob Marinas has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.89, set at Reno Spring 2026, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 746th in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 62 competitions since October 2016, he has put 1,048 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.46 in October 2016 to 6.89, a 34% improvement. Jacob has entered 62 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time
6.89
signature single · Reno Spring 2026
1,048
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.898.71
top 1.2%746 / 59,724
3×3 blindfolded30.42—
top 4.2%81 / 2,092
2×21.933.59
top 4.3%1,705 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed15.4717.32
top 9.1%1,212 / 15,683
4×438.3944.11
top 10.2%1,514 / 19,072
Clock8.5813.17
top 17.9%1,369 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves37.00
top 20.4%446 / 2,040
5×51:33.782:01.48
top 30.5%2,414 / 9,401
Megaminx1:48.822:02.18
top 39.7%2,866 / 7,841
3×3 Multi-Blind9 of 13 cubes · 53:56—
top 39.8%303 / 731
Pyraminx10.0216.17
top 53.1%15,511 / 28,708
Skewb12.7319.00
top 69.5%13,064 / 18,907
6×65:06.115:34.97
top 82.7%3,328 / 4,196
Square-11:04.35—
top 86.3%5,803 / 6,743
7×715:09.00—
early days — 1 solve3,187 / 3,184

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Newport Fall 2016: 10.46Irvine Winter 2018: 8.92Davis Fall 2023: 7.66Berkeley Fall 2023: 8.09Folsom Winter 2023: 8.15SacCubing XVI 2024: 8.37Berkeley Winter 2024: 8.10Davis Winter 2024: 8.07Claws Up Final Touchdown 2024: 6.90SacCubing XVII 2024: 8.01Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024: 8.42Folsom Summer 2024: 8.78Davis Summer 2024: 7.50La La Land 2024: 8.12SacCubing XVIII 2024: 8.23Davis Fall 2024: 7.69Cool Down Berkeley 2024: 7.62Rocklin Winter 2024: 8.55Davis Weeknight February 2025: 8.00Bay Area Side Events Day 2025: 9.06Berkeley March Weekday NxN 2025: 9.07Davis Spring 2025: 7.94Rock-Cube-Lin Qualifier 2025: 7.07Belmont Spring 2025: 7.50SacMini 2025: 8.50Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.09Davis Summer 2025: 8.16Berkeley August Weekday 2025: 8.36West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025: 8.05Benicia Open 2025: 8.69SacCubing XXI 2025: 7.94Davis Fall 2025: 7.21Berkeley December Weekday 2025: 10.13Super Duper San Diego 2026: 8.22Berkeley January Weekday 2026: 7.76Davis Winter 2026: 8.05Davis Winter Weeknight 2026: 8.11Yuba City Spring 2026: 7.79Duper Super Davis Spring 2026: 7.91Davis Spring Sunset 2026: 9.14Reno Spring 2026: 6.89West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 8.34Alameda County Fair 2026: 8.16Davis Big Summer 2026: 7.47Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 7.466.8910.468 Oct 201629 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

  • Paul Mahvi — met in 153 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
  • Hamza Hafeez — met in 152 rounds, finished ahead 75 times
  • Jason Ostdiek — met in 151 rounds, finished ahead 33 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 0.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.